Is it possible to depict the sound of the wind while playing the cello?
Is it possible to depict the sound of the wind while playing the cello? The question was not idle, because the second movement of my “Byzantine Chants” (a sacred concerto for a solo cello) according to its title – The Monastery service/The Sound of The Wind – began from the sound of the wind, and ended with it. Together with Andrey Tchekmazov, an amazing cellist for whom the “Chants” were written, using quite rare technique of playing the cello we found this “windy sound”.
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